In Memory of "Friends" Departed

[Just One More]

George Michael, 53

What a fecking year     

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38432862

[Tipsy Gipsy]

George Michael, 53

What a fecking year     

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38432862

You beat me to it because I didn't believe it and was checking it was true!

[Steve]

George Michael, 53

What a fecking year     

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38432862

You beat me to it because I didn't believe it and was checking it was true!

Not the most likeable of celebs but Jeez could he sing

RIP

[Barman]

George Michael, 53

What a fecking year     

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38432862

You beat me to it because I didn't believe it and was checking it was true!

Not the most likeable of celebs but Jeez could he sing

RIP

^^^ Wot he said ^^^

[apc2010]

George Michael, 53

What a fecking year     

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38432862

 

[The Moan Ranger]

I thought the year couldn't get any worse and then...Wham!

[Steve]

I thought the year couldn't get any worse and then...Wham!

[Steve]

The Beebs list of famous 2016 cadavers as of Dec 16th - if only we had some sort of bingo game

Pre-prepared BBC obituaries that ran on television, radio and online
 . .
January - March, 24 deaths. Ed Stewart, Baron (Cecil) Parkinson, Paul Daniels, Cliff Michelmore, Lord Avebury (Eric Lubbock), Nancy Reagan, Pierre Boulez, David Bowie, Frank Finlay, Alan Rickman, Sir Terry Wogan, Margaret Forster, John Chilton, Ronnie Corbett, Zaha Hadid, Barry Hines, Peter Maxwell Davies, Harper Lee, Sir George Martin, Robert Stigwood, Glenn Frey, Boutros Boutros Ghali, Tony Warren, Garry Shandling
April - December, 18 deaths. Victoria Wood,Leonard Cohen, Andrew Sachs, Gene Wilder, Caroline Aherne, Muhammad Ali, Carla Lane, Prince, Sir Jimmy Young, Fidel Castro, Robert Vaughn, Arnold Palmer, Elie Wiesel, Shimon Peres, Burt Kwouk, Peter Shaffer, Greg Lake, Peter Vaughan

I don't remember all of them 

BBC: Have more famous people died in 2016?

[apc2010]

The Beebs list of famous 2016 cadavers as of Dec 16th - if only we had some sort of bingo game

Pre-prepared BBC obituaries that ran on television, radio and online
 . .
January - March, 24 deaths. Ed Stewart, Baron (Cecil) Parkinson, Paul Daniels, Cliff Michelmore, Lord Avebury (Eric Lubbock), Nancy Reagan, Pierre Boulez, David Bowie, Frank Finlay, Alan Rickman, Sir Terry Wogan, Margaret Forster, John Chilton, Ronnie Corbett, Zaha Hadid, Barry Hines, Peter Maxwell Davies, Harper Lee, Sir George Martin, Robert Stigwood, Glenn Frey, Boutros Boutros Ghali, Tony Warren, Garry Shandling
April - December, 18 deaths. Victoria Wood,Leonard Cohen, Andrew Sachs, Gene Wilder, Caroline Aherne, Muhammad Ali, Carla Lane, Prince, Sir Jimmy Young, Fidel Castro, Robert Vaughn, Arnold Palmer, Elie Wiesel, Shimon Peres, Burt Kwouk, Peter Shaffer, Greg Lake, Peter Vaughan

I don't remember all of them 

BBC: Have more famous people died in 2016?

    

[Barman]

I thought the year couldn't get any worse and then...Wham!

 

[Just One More]

At least Liz Smith reached a ripe old age of 95      

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38440648

[Steve]

At least Liz Smith reached a ripe old age of 95      

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38440648

She was a real comic actress, brilliant timing.  None of the obits seem to mention 'I didn't know you cared'  where I first noticed her - surely Mort will remember that

[Uncle Mort]

indeed I do, a great comic actress, her timing was perfect.

[Just One More]

At least Liz Smith reached a ripe old age of 95      

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38440648

She was a real comic actress, brilliant timing.  None of the obits seem to mention 'I didn't know you cared'  where I first noticed her - surely Mort will remember that

I Didn't know You Cared was great comedy. When Uncle Mort has his usual avatar on I can often hear "aye, well, errrm"

[Uncle Mort]

"I heard that, pardon?"